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Friday, January 13, 2017

Abigail Owen / Meet the Muse / Bait N' Witch

Welcome to my new feature to support my fellow authors from The Wild Rose Press! I will be featuring one author for each letter of the alphabet. I also created a few new guest post options, which I hope you'll enjoy. For this one, I ask authors to tell us about their muse.

Please help me to welcome the author for A . . . Abigail Owen!

1. Tell us about your recent release.

Bait
N’ Witch is the third book in my Legendary Consultants series of
paranormal romance novellas. Each novella features different paranormal
creatures, and this one focuses on witches…

Rowan McAuliffe has been hiding most of her life. Secretly
trained in her powers by an unusual source, she’d been taught not to trust
anyone. Especially other witches. However, after she was forced to perform a
hateful act against her will, she now hides from the Mage High Council who seek
answers, and possibly her life.

Greyson Masters is the Council’s best enforcer–a witch
hunter who lays down the law. Despite the danger of his job, Greyson is also
raising his triplet daughters. Alone. Budding new witches who display an
alarming combined power no one understands. Too bad he hasn’t got a clue how to
deal with them.

Little does Greyson realize that the new nanny sent to him
by Legendary Consultants is the very witch he is hunting. When the truth is
revealed, can these two opposing forces find a way to listen to their hearts?
Or will Greyson have to follow orders and kill Rowan–the one woman who has made
his soul come alive?

My muse for every story I write is my heroine. For Bait N’ Witch, that means my heroine is
Rowan McAuliffe. Rowan and I met when I was working on Her Demigod Complex. Rowan showed up toward the end, and jumped off
the page practically waving her arms in the air and shouting, write me a story
too! Characters have a habit of doing that to me. Lol.

3. What does your muse look like?

Rowan has long, dark red curly hair and lovely grey eyes.
Although, as a witch she can change her appearance. She once showed up with
green hair and some funky colored eyes, each a different color. Of course, she
was hiding from a demigod and some werewolves at the time.

4. Describe your muse’s personality.

Rowan is a witch with an interesting past. One which means
hiding who she truly is in order to protect herself. But she just can’t hide
her quirky personality and blunt opinions around Grey, the warlock she’s
nannying for.

5. How do you tempt your muse to work?

I’m a bit of a slave driver. I work on a book every single
day. My various muses (all my heroines) do get time off now and then, when I’m
working with a different muse. When we disagree about working, my muse and I
sit down and go over notes from old workshops, we brainstorm, and then we write
anyway. Doesn’t always work, but it gets words on the page.

6. When/where does your muse inspire you the most?

At the most inopportune times, usually. Lol. My best ideas
come in the middle of the night, or in the shower, or in the middle of a
meeting when I can’t jump on it right away. All my muses do that. Maybe it’s a
conspiracy to drive me nuts. J

7. Has your muse ever gone on strike?

Absolutely. Rowan got pretty irritated with how she kept
getting bumped for other projects and deadlines. It took a lot of groveling to
finally get her story finished to her satisfaction. But I’m happy to say she
got her HEA!

8. What would your muse’s motto be to get your butt into
gear?

Suck it up buttercup and write. Mama needs a HEA.

9. What was your relationship like with your muse while
writing BAIT N’ WITCH?

Like any friendship, there’s a period of time where you get
to know each other. Then a friendship solidifies. There might be some bumps
here and there. But by the end of the project, you can practically finish each
others’ sentences.

10. Are you and your muse working on something new?

It’ll probably be a little while before I work with Rowan
on any new story, and even then it’ll just be for a few pages here and there.
My muse at the moment is Holly Jensen. She is shy but has a great sense of
humor. I’m trying to work out a HEA for her with Cash Hill in Saving the Sheriff and see if a
publisher likes the changes. Fingers crossed!

Bio:

Award-winning paranormal and contemporary romance author,
Abigail Owen, grew up consuming books and exploring the world through her
writing. She attempted to find a practical career related to her favorite
pastime by earning a degree in English Rhetoric (Technical Writing). However,
she swiftly discovered that writing without imagination is not nearly as fun as
writing with it.

No matter the genre, she loves to write witty, feisty
heroines, sexy heroes who deserve them, and a cast of lovable characters to
surround them (and maybe get their own stories). She currently resides in
Austin, Texas, with her own personal hero, her husband, and their two children,
who are growing up way too fast.

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Hi Chrys - what a great addition to your blog - to help other authors get promoted ... I obviously need to change my name to Zoe, or Xanthia ... but I think this is a generous idea. Abigail and her witches will entertain her readers ... cheers Hilary

Chrys - What a wonderful way to show support for fellow authors! Abigail - Your series sounds absolutely spellbinding ;-) "Feisty heroines and the sexy heroes who deserve them..." I love that! I look forward to seeing you around - on my bookshelf!

I think stories about witches are cool. I always envied them for their powers, especially the power to move things with their mind. I'd use that power to nudge people out of the way when they try to cut in front of me in line. :)